Our friends Bill & Rocky at Bella Vista Farm LLC in Minden, Nevada invite you to join us for the first annual Skin Cancer Awareness Day at the Farm, Saturday, May 21 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. This fun-filled event includes live music from local favorites All Hat No Cattle from 11 a.m. to noon, along with a farmer's market and general store, a raffle, and food and drinks. 

Be sure to visit the Sun Smart demonstrations and booths which include free sunscreen, a skin analyzer machine, and the farm's UV radiation indicator. 

A new report outlining the burden of obesity in Nevada was recently released by the State's Division of Public and Behavioral Health, providing data on childhood and adult obesity and focus areas for reducing the number of obese or overweight Nevadans.

Download the Burden of Obesity in Nevada 2015 Report Here

As states and the nation transform their health systems, many policymakers are turning to community health workers (CHWs) to tackle some of the most challenging aspects of health improvement, such as facilitating care coordination, enhancing access to community-based services, mitigating the impacts of the social determinants of health, reducing health disparities, and containing costs.

2015 was a wonderful year for the Nevada Cancer Coalition!

Winter is the best time to test homes for radon, a naturally-occurring radioactive gas that emanates from the earth. This odorless, colorless gas can enter homes from the ground and accumulate to elevated concentrations thus raising the risk of lung cancer  for unsuspecting homeowners.

It's #GivingTuesday! We'd like to think that our friends and members are in a giving mood all year round, but sometimes it helps to share a little reminder. Giving Tuesday is just that -- an opportunity for non-profit organizations like Nevada Cancer Coalition to remind our friends that we rely on the support of grants and donations to do the work we have set out to do.

It’s #GivingTuesday! We’d like to think that our friends and members are in a giving mood all year round, but sometimes it helps to share a little reminder. Giving Tuesday is just that — an opportunity for non-profit organizations like Nevada Cancer Coalition to remind our friends that we rely on the support of grants and donations to do the work we have set out to do.

Dr. Jason Crawford, Chief Medical Officer of Community Health Alliance in Reno, Nevada and winner of the Nevada Cancer Coalition 2015  “Innovation Award,” will share his experience implementing practice improvements to increase colon cancer screening rates at the upcoming "80% by 2018: Exemplary Primary Care Practices" webinar, Tuesday, Nov. 10 at 10 a.m. Dr.

The Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration posted Affordable Care Act Implementation FAQs this month clarifying points related to both screening colonoscopy and BRCA testing.

Questions 7 and 8 both clarified points related to preventive/screening colonoscopy. Here are the questions and answers from the DOL EBSA: